Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History

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natural history museum university museum

The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History is a renowned Yale University museum in New Haven, Connecticut, famous for its extensive collections and exhibits in paleontology, geology, anthropology, and biodiversity.

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Label	Occurrences
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History canonical	7
Peabody Museum of Natural History	1
Schuchert Museum of Paleontology at Yale University	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T602175 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
Context triple: [Science Hill, contains, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History]

A. Harvard Museum of Natural History
The Harvard Museum of Natural History is a public science museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts, showcasing Harvard’s extensive collections in zoology, botany, mineralogy, and paleontology.
B. Yale University Art Gallery
Yale University Art Gallery is a major university art museum in New Haven, Connecticut, renowned for its extensive and diverse collections spanning ancient to contemporary art.
C. Fogg Art Museum
The Fogg Art Museum is a renowned Harvard University art museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts, noted for its extensive Western art collections and role in art historical research and education.
D. Sloan Museum of Discovery
Sloan Museum of Discovery is an interactive history and science museum in Flint, Michigan, featuring exhibits on local heritage, innovation, and hands-on learning for all ages.
E. Yale Center for British Art
The Yale Center for British Art is a renowned museum and research institution in New Haven that houses the largest collection of British art outside the United Kingdom.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
Target entity description: The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History is a renowned Yale University museum in New Haven, Connecticut, famous for its extensive collections and exhibits in paleontology, geology, anthropology, and biodiversity.

A. Harvard Museum of Natural History
The Harvard Museum of Natural History is a public science museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts, showcasing Harvard’s extensive collections in zoology, botany, mineralogy, and paleontology.
B. Yale University Art Gallery
Yale University Art Gallery is a major university art museum in New Haven, Connecticut, renowned for its extensive and diverse collections spanning ancient to contemporary art.
C. Fogg Art Museum
The Fogg Art Museum is a renowned Harvard University art museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts, noted for its extensive Western art collections and role in art historical research and education.
D. Sloan Museum of Discovery
Sloan Museum of Discovery is an interactive history and science museum in Flint, Michigan, featuring exhibits on local heritage, innovation, and hands-on learning for all ages.
E. Yale Center for British Art
The Yale Center for British Art is a renowned museum and research institution in New Haven that houses the largest collection of British art outside the United Kingdom.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	natural history museum ⓘ university museum ⓘ
affiliation	Yale University ⓘ
city	New Haven ⓘ linked to: New Haven, Connecticut
collectionSize	millions of specimens ⓘ
collectionType	anthropological collections ⓘ botanical collections ⓘ geological collections ⓘ mineral collections ⓘ paleontological collections ⓘ zoological collections ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
fieldOfWork	anthropology ⓘ biodiversity ⓘ geology ⓘ paleontology ⓘ
foundedBy	George Peabody ⓘ
hasCollection	archaeology collection ⓘ botany collection ⓘ entomology collection ⓘ ethnology collection ⓘ invertebrate paleontology collection ⓘ mineralogy collection ⓘ ornithology collection ⓘ vertebrate paleontology collection ⓘ
hasEducationalProgram	K–12 outreach programs ⓘ university teaching collections ⓘ
hasExhibit	Egyptian artifacts ⓘ Great Hall of Dinosaurs ⓘ linked to: Hall of Fossils Native American artifacts ⓘ biodiversity dioramas ⓘ dinosaur fossils ⓘ mammal fossils ⓘ mineral and gem displays ⓘ
hasResearchActivity	anthropological research ⓘ biodiversity research ⓘ paleontological research ⓘ
inception	19th century ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Connecticut ⓘ New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ Yale University ⓘ
namedAfter	George Peabody ⓘ
operatedBy	Yale University ⓘ
ownedBy	Yale University ⓘ
partOf	Yale University Museums ⓘ
publicAccess	yes ⓘ
state	Connecticut ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Science Hill → contains → Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History ⓘ

New Haven, Connecticut → hasLandmark → Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History ⓘ

Yale University → hasMuseum → Peabody Museum of Natural History ⓘ

linked to: Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History

Ceratosaurus → holotypeRepository → Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History ⓘ

Edmontosaurus annectens → holotypeRepository → Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History ⓘ

Yale University Museums → hasPart → Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History ⓘ

Science Hill laboratories → adjacentTo → Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History ⓘ

Deinonychus → holotypeRepository → Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History ⓘ

Charles Schuchert → subjectOf → Schuchert Museum of Paleontology at Yale University ⓘ